Combined paper-sack



(No Model.)

J. 0. NORRIS.

COMBINED PAPER SACK, TWINE,AND TEA PAPER CASE.

No. 270,687. Patented Jan. 16,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. NORRIS, OF CRETE, NEBRASKA.

COMBINED PAPER-SACK, TWINE, AND TEA-PAPER CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,687, dated January16, 1883,

Application filed April 10, 1882. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN G. NORRIS, a citizenof the United States of America, residing at Crete, in the county ofSaline and State of Nebraska, have invented a Combined Paper- Sack,Twine, and Tea-Paper Case, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined papersack, twine, and tea-paperholder or case.

Grocers and like merchants, in the course of their dailybusiness, use alarge number ofpatom, so as to accommodate the different lengths persacks, much twine, and tea-paper. The paper sacks are generally placedupon their counters, taking up much room, and as the I 5 sacks are of somany different numbers or case toward the back, as shown in Fig. 2, forthe purpose of keeping the paper sacks in their respective places. Eachshelf is a little wider and longer than the one above it, theincrease 5for each number or size.

sizes it is often difficult to readily find the particular number whenneeded; and, besides, they frequently get pushed ofl the counter ontothe floor and trampled under foot and 20 destroyed. The twine andtea-paper likewise,

2 these difficulties and annoyances by providing a cheap, small, andconvenient case for holdin g all the paper sacks of difierent sizes ornumbers, the twine, and tea-paper. The case is so constructed andarranged that the paper 0 sacks, twine, and tea-paper contained thereinwill be separate each from the other, and also always at hand in aparticular place when needed, and-the paper sacks of different numbersor sizes being kept in respective places I attain this object by theparticular construction, arrangement, and combination of the severalparts, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l isa front elevation. Fig. 2 is a sectional view. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

A represents my new case. It is made of wood, with its several partstacked, nailed, or secured together in any suitable manner, is composedof sides, top, back, and bottom, and contains theseveral compartments,as hereinafter described.

S S are the sides of the case A, made in the shape as shown in Fig. 2,narrow at the top and increasing'in width gradually to the botbeinggradual from top of case to the bottom, so that there will be a shelffor each size or number of sacks used. The shelves may be of any heightdesired, depending upon the number of sacks or size of package wantedtherein. With this arrangement the sacks can be readily taken out fromeither side of the counter, and

always the top sack in each package, untilthe last one is used.

B is a case or apartment in the lower front part of the case A, betweenthe bottom of the case and the lower shelf, provided with door d, hingedor held in any convenient manner. In the drawings, Bis shown, Fig. 1,with two apartments or chambers, each with a door, d; but it may consistof one, if desired. B is for the purpose of holding the twine, the endsof which run out through holes on each side of the case and hang there,ready for use, as shown in Fig. 1.

' b is a case or shelf for holding the tea-paper, being formed by thebottom of the case A and the lowest shelt'a. On each side of the case A,

b is provided with the openings or, whereby the tea-paper can be readilywithdrawn from either side of the case.

The use is evident. The paper sacks, of packages of diEerent sizes, areplaced in the shelves on a a, the tea-paper laid in b, and the balls oftwine placed in B, with the ends hanging out on each side of the case.The case A is then placed on the counter, where it will occupy but asmall space, and the several articles therein contained will always beat hand in their respective places and readily reached from either sideof the counter.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a combined paper-sack, twine, and teapaper case or holder, thecase A, provided 5 with a series of shelves, (0 a a, twine-apartment B,provided with doors d, and tea-paper holder 1), provided with openingsee, all as constructed and arranged substantially as shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set IO forth.

2. The case A, provided with sides S S and back R, made in the shape asshown, and havin g series of shelves a a a, twine-apartment B, havingdoor 12, and tea-paper holder 1), having openings 6 0, all substantiallyas shown and 15 described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN G. NORRIS. Witnesses:

R. L. JACKSON, I. T. BENJAMIN.

